Revealed: secret world of global oil and mining giants

[Lars77]

Source: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Ten of the world’s most powerful oil, gas and mining companies own a staggering 6,038 subsidiaries with over a third located in ‘secrecy jurisdictions’.

As a growing number of international think-tanks and campaign groups demand action to prevent an estimated $1 trillion flooding out of developing, resource-rich countries, attention is focussing on states like Delaware in the US and the Netherlands. Defined as secrecy jurisdictions, these are places where company accounts and beneficial ownership details among a host of other key disclosures are hidden from public view.

Read more: http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/09/19/revealed-the-secret-world-of-global-oil-and-mining-giants/

[Octafish]

1. Former presidunts really like mineral extraction.

George Bush's $10 billion giveaway to Barrick Gold

and...

advisory board includes Sir George Bush. Barrick Gold

Small world.

Thank you, Lars77, for a most important OP.

[Demeter]

2. Break Down the Delaware Conspiracy!

[Hotler]

3. k&r n/t

[Overseas]

4. K&R.

[glinda]

5. K & R n/t

[Pluvious]

6. For more background on understanding this, read...

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_10?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=confessions+of+an+economic+hitman+by+john+perkins&x=0&y=0&sprefix=confession

Very enlightening (and a bit depressing heh)

[Supersedeas]

7. Joe Biden would grin if he were to read this...Delaware...tut tut

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Lars.

[lindysalsagal]

9. Anyone know how credible this site is? Anyone know where/how they get their info?

This is real easy to believe, but, I'm always wondering about validity.

Thanks.

[Lars77]

10. The source is Publish what you pay

http://www.publishwhatyoupay.no/

About Publish What You Pay Norway (PWYP Norway)

Publish What You Pay Norway is the Norwegian chapter of the global Publish What You Pay network which organises and mobilises over 650 civil society organisations from over 50 countries in campaigning for transparency and accountability in the payment, receipt and management of revenues from the oil, gas and mining industries.

[No Elephants]

11. Kick